Rsync : symlink issue

Wayne Davison wayned at samba.org
Tue Jul 20 20:01:16 GMT 2004


On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 03:49:10PM -0400, Linux wrote:
> What would be the proper syntax to rsync the files that are on the
> other end of those symlinks. 

Use --copy-links (-L).  If that fails then rsync probably doesn't have
permissions to follow the symlink.

..wayne..


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